If realized, the plan would transform Walmart's parking lot into a walkable town center with a focus on local food vendors, local and national retail tenants, and green space.

The existing 193,607-square-foot Walmart and 130,269-square-foot Sam's Club would remain.

"We're thinking more innovatively about how customers experience Walmart," said Delia Garcia, spokesperson for the company. "We know that customers are wanting a more dynamic, engaging experience. They are less interested in just a transactional shopping experience."

Though detailed drawings are on Walmart's website, walmartreimagined.com, Garcia said the plan is "still very much in the conceptual stage." She declined to release the images for publication.

But Walmart hopes those images will spur a partnership with developers who want to bring the concept to fruition.

"We just wanted to plant the seed with those images," Garcia said. "But they really are just conceptual images and not real projects."

Windsor Heights city officials saw the conceptual images in May, but have not heard from Walmart since, said City Administrator Elizabeth Hansen. At that time, officials requested Walmart consider the city's plans for a bike hub at the former Sears Auto Center that sits on the property. They seemed receptive to the idea, she said.

Walmart's concept also includes a mobility hub that expands DART's bus stop into a bike share, car rental and electric car charging station.

"We would love to partner and work toward something like that," said Erin Hockman, marketing and communications manager for DART.

The existing bus stop is under construction now while DART adds a designated waiting area, shelters, a bus lane and new landscaping. The improvements are being done with a $200,000 grant from the Iowa Department of Transportation's Iowa Clean Air Attainment Program. Walmart provided some matching funds, Hockman said.

A Walmart Reimagined Centers plan is underway at the store in Loveland, Colorado. Walmart expects to break ground on that two-phase project in 2019, Garcia said.

A timeline for the Windsor Heights store is dependent on developer interest, she said.

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